opening a balotelli

Chapter 35 What is an all-around center?
Although Northworthy is getting older, but at the age of 31, it is also the golden age of a defender.

In addition to the fact that his speed is not as good as before and it is more difficult to play on the side, his defensive experience and confrontation ability are all in the first gear of the British Championship.

Speed ​​changed his defensive formation before, and after he played back as a central defender, he seemed to have regained the defensive feeling he had in the Premier League.

Although he returned to the position of full-back in this game, he only needs to defend the half court, and his physical fitness is not a problem. It is actually not difficult for him to defend Golovs one-on-one.

After all, no matter how good Groves performed in the English Championship, it was only the English Championship. What striker had Northworthy never seen in the Premier League?
Northworthy has the capital of self-confidence, and he has indeed done the task assigned to him by Speed.

Under his defense, it is difficult for Groves to have a chance to dominate one-on-one. He is not like Matthew Lorton, who is stunned.

If people want to compete with you in speed, you will fight?Your physical fitness is better than that of the other party, why don't you compare your body with him and fight against him!

Northworthy, the old defender, taught Matthew Lorton a lesson in person, and Groves was embarrassed by his oppression and small movements.

Nosworthy didn't use his feet to grab, but he bullied Groves with his body. The opponent wanted to break through. He got close to covertly and pulled his jersey and arm. Grinded to death on the sidewalk.

These fouls were not big, and the referee only gave a verbal warning when they saw it, and gave some irrelevant frontcourt balls, but Norwich's side attack was interrupted again and again.

Matthew Lawton looked stupid in the frontcourt, no, this old hooligan (× off) still has such great knowledge in defense?

Maguire also watched it with gusto, isn't this much better than those teaching videos?
How exciting it is to learn this!It seems that I need to ask a few old hooligans for advice off the court.
Norwich's wing attack was blocked, let's go to the center instead, and the five Sheffield United players are watching in the middle.

You have four midfielders and others fight five times. Everyone's level is about the same. If one more person runs, you will die!
Drinkwater led people and Norwich midfielder to grab control. Matthew Lorton and Matt Ridge on both sides have almost recovered their physical fitness. The two lower backs were miserable.

Finally, after about 10 minutes of stalemate, Sheffield United's midfield gradually gained the upper hand.

If you just look at the ball possession rate after the start of the second half, Sheffield United is close to [-]% at this time, and this ball possession rate is still slowly rising.

This is the result of removing a striker at the cost of reducing the firepower of the offensive line.

But the presence of Li Mo still makes Norwich's backcourt defenders afraid to relax.

Including this one, this is a ruthless character who has scored eleven goals in ten games!
Moreover, Sheffield United had such a good counterattack opportunity in the first half, and he seized it. If he scored another goal, the coach would probably go crazy after returning.

But the Norwich players never imagined that after the change of formation, the teammates on Li Mo's left and right sides were closer to him, and they were no longer as before, and they could only establish contact after plugging in.

With someone around him who could respond and cooperate at any time, Li Mo completely let go of his own style of play.

Do you think I can only go forward, or wait for a goal in the penalty area?

Thanks to Bashen's talent, the outrageous wideness of the center's field of vision, Li Mo let the Norwich players see what an all-around center is!

Drinkwater takes the ball more often to find Li Mo, as long as the position is not too tight, and Li Mo wants the ball, he will pass it as soon as possible.

Li Mo can get high-altitude balls, ground balls, and even half-high balls that are difficult to handle, and the interference of defensive players behind him is like scratching an itch.

"Doesn't your team practice confrontation?"

"Time for some confrontation, man, are you tickling me?"

"Give me a little more force, and you'll be able to push me!"

Li Mo began to use the mental interference method on the Norwich players behind him. The broken mouth made the Norwich players want to give him a pair of sneakers.

But there is no way to get this product!

Li Mo's physique is not as wide as Maguire's from top to bottom, but his back and shoulders are broad and strong enough, not to mention core strength.

He got the ball with his back, and the Norwich players felt like they were stuck to a wall!

When he turned around, he was even more full of violent beauty, he was running over while carrying someone abruptly!

Several Norwich defenders began to doubt life. Looking at Li Mo's back, how did the number 17 in the red and white shirt slowly become the number 11 in blue?
Li Mo's possession of the ball is equivalent to driving a nail in Norwich's backcourt. With Li Mo as the arrow, Sheffield United's frontcourt set off wave after wave of offensives.

The two sidewalks moved forward happily, and Drinkwater responded at Li Mo's side.

What Li Mo has to do is very simple. If no one is pressing, he will drive the ball forward. If someone pinches the defense, he can transfer the ball to the two sides. There is really no good chance, and he can still return the ball. Brother Shui, organize again.

In addition to being a fulcrum in the middle, or retreating to get the ball to increase the point of the ball, Li Mo also pulls the side from time to time, that is, Matthew Lorton and Matt Ridge are a little less conscious of diagonally inserting the middle, otherwise Li Mo would almost A one-shot came out.

This made the Norwich coach standing on the sidelines a little restless, and he began to consider substituting to increase the interception strength of the midfielder. Li Mo's performance was terrible!

This is equivalent to Sheffield United having a stable ball point in the frontcourt, and this point itself has a huge threat and has to be marked.

If you double-team him, he can transfer the ball to the threatening area in your backcourt. If you don’t double-team him, he will hit the goal in a few steps, and he is not afraid of you pressing!

Like the young Ibrahimovic, in fact, give him more confrontation. Although his physical fitness can handle it, he doesn't like this way of playing football, and his power on the front line will be greatly reduced.

Li Mo is different!

He grew up in the English football system, against?He is not afraid of confrontation, on the contrary, the more you confront him, the more excited he becomes!
This makes the defensive players uncomfortable.

Before Sheffield United did not find a good partner for Li Mo, so that his ability to play the ball could not be displayed.

Now that the two sides have been pushed up, Li Mo's threat level has risen sharply.

Tactical adjustment and targeting will take time, but Li Mo and Drinkwater are smart people, how can they stop the offensive and let Norwich's coach adjust.

The passing and holding of the two of them frequently created danger in Norwich's defensive third area.

After taking the ball to split the side again, Li Mo suddenly changed his previous kicking style of slanting to open up space, and moved forward decisively!

Matthew Lorton returned the ball to Drinkwater, and Brother Drinkwater made some adjustments, aiming at the direction of Li Mo's movement, and lobbed the ball over.

Li Mo kept observing his surroundings while running, and then he adjusted his body shape. As soon as he stepped into the penalty area, he jumped high, pressing down on Norwich's central defender and rubbing the ball behind him!

A figure quickly passed Norwich's defense line and rushed towards the penalty area. The ball Li Mo clicked and fell in front of him.

Unload the ball, observe, push and shoot, all in one go!
And watching the football shot into the net by himself, Matt Ridge's brain was buzzing.

This is a goal?Why does it feel so easy, he is not ready yet!What should we do to celebrate?

However, this confused thinking was quickly interrupted.

Li Mo had already grabbed his neck and led him to the corner flag area, behind his teammates shouting excitedly.

Coach Norwich patted his forehead, threw away the tactical notes in his hand, and sat back on the coach's bench with a livid face.

Although Speed ​​on the other side smiled in his heart, he pretended to be in control on the surface.

I admit that my half-time change of tactics is a gamble, but I have Li Mo!
"Lee is such a versatile center forward, it's great to have him around."

The assistant coach suddenly sighed, Speed ​​and him looked at each other, and they both grinned silently the next second.

(End of this chapter)